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Events in January 2025

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Wee Read Toddler Story Time. Wednesdays at 2 pm, Sept 4-April 30. A love of reading starts early! Parents and caregivers, bring your wee ones , ages 2-4, for stories, songs, and games. We will provide approximately 20 minutes of simple stores and lots of interactive fun including songs, rhymes, and simple activities. Then stay and play in the library with your child and their new friends! For more information, contact cindy@swlplibrarydistrict.org. 11274 HWY 140 Hesperus, CO 81326 (970) 375-3816

Growing Readers Together, Kindergarten Readiness Workshops at Fort Lewis Mesa Library. The Early Childhood Council of La Plata County and Fort Lewis Mesa Library present a 6-part series of free workshops for parents/caregivers and their preschool age children. The workshops focus on key categories of kindergarten readiness with activities that support growth in early literacy, math, as well as motor and social emotional skills. Each child will receive a free book and other supplies to help support their readiness to thrive in school. Meet at 2pm on these dates. To get the most out of these workshops attendance is encouraged at all sessions. Sep 11-You & Me: Social Emotional Development-Playing. Oct 9-A Way With Words: Early Language-Talking and Singing. Nov 13-Breaking the Code: Early Literacy-Reading. Feb 12-1,2 Buckle My Show: Early Math. Mar 12-More Than Scribbles: Warly Writing-Fine Motor Skills. Apr 9-All By Myself: Gross Motor Skills & Independence. For more information contact cindy@swlplibrarydistrict.org, 11274 HWY 140, Hesperus, CO 81326 (970) 375-3816

Wee Read Toddler Story Time. Tuesdays at 11 am, Sept 3-April 29. A love of reading starts early! Parents and caregivers, bring your wee ones , ages 2-4, for stories, songs, and games. We will provide approximately 20 minutes of simple stores and lots of interactive fun including songs, rhymes, and simple activities. Then stay and play in the library with your child and their new friends! For more information, contact patty@swlplibrarydistrict.org. 75 County Road 218, Durango, CO 81303 (970) 375-3816, ext. 2

Growing Readers Together, Kindergarten Readiness Workshops at Sunnyside Library. The Early Childhood Council of La Plata County and Sunnyside Library present a 6-part series of free workshops for parents/caregivers and their preschool age children. The workshops focus on key categories of kindergarten readiness with activities that support growth in early literacy, math, as well as motor and social emotional skills. Each child will receive a free book and other supplies to help support their readiness to thrive in school. Meet at 2pm on these dates. To get the most out of these workshops attendance is encouraged at all sessions. Sep 17-You & Me: Social Emotional Development-Playing. Oct 8-A Way With Words: Early Language-Talking and Singing. Nov 12-Breaking the Code: Early Literacy-Reading. Feb 11-1,2 Buckle My Show: Early Math. Mar 11-More Than Scribbles: Warly Writing-Fine Motor Skills. Apr 8-All By Myself: Gross Motor Skills & Independence. For more information contact patty@swlplibrarydistrict.org, 75 County Road 218, Durango, CO 81303 (970) 375-3816, ext. 2

Come to Fort Lewis Mesa Library to celebrate Take Your Child to the Library Day! Saturday, February 1, 10 am - 1 pm. Story time at 10:30 am. Crafts, activities, light refreshments. Fort Lewis Mesa Library, Southwest La Plata Library District. 11274 HWY 140, Hesperus, CO 81326. PH 970.375.3816, ext 1. For more information, contact cindy@swlplibrarydistrict.org. www.swlplibrarydistrict.org

Sunnyside Regional Artist Series features Zoey Yeargin through March. As an artist as well as a musician I intend to translate the core sensory elements of my experiences and memories into a visual format. These pieces take the sounds, pictures, and words that culminate in my mind from distant (but emotionally significant) memories or present momentary experiences and display them as the immediate design that I’ve interpreted from those elements. This tends to result in expressive almost impressionist color, linework, and forms, all produced in traditional mediums of paint, ink, graphite, or charcoal or as stylized digital paintings. I treat art as an alternative form of documentation to photography, writing, or recording, whether that is from these illustrative interpretations of memories or life drawing. I have spent a lot of time traveling, exploring new places and meeting new people. It is my hope that my art reflects the vibrant experiences that I’ve had and the growth it spawned in my ability to interpret the world around me. I am now much quicker and responsive with my designs, but use my downtime to polish and clean these creations. I am constantly inspired by the documentation of other people’s lives and spaces that I see from artists around me and artists that inhabit the same spaces as me online. It is my hope that my recordings of my experiences provide the same value to others.

SW LA PLATA LIBRARY DISTRICT SPEAKER SERIES, COMPASS POINTS: Navigating Community Resources. NAVIGATING LIBRARY RESOURCES January 14, 5-7 pm at Sunnyside Library 75 CR 218, Durango, CO. January 28, 6-7 pm at Fort Lewis Mesa Library 11274 Hwy 140, Hesperus CO. A representative from the SW LaPlata Library District will discuss resources available at our libraries. Visit the library of your choice to learn how to access our digital lending resources and other benefits available to our patrons. For more information, contact the library at flmpatron@swlplibrarydistrict.org or call 970-375-3816, ext. 1

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